West Indies will take a month-long tour of Sri Lanka from October to November, wherein they will play a total of seven international games across the three formats. The tour is made up of a two-Test series followed by three-match One-Day International (ODI) series after which the teams will play two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). The series will be a test of character for two rebuilding teams. Sri Lanka will have the daunting task of making an impact in the post-Kumar Sangakkara era. Moreover, they lost their previous two home Test series' against Pakistan and India respectively.

The story for West Indies doesn't read too differently. After a courageous performance in the Tests against England at home where they came from 1-0 down to level the two-Test series, they were back to looking like the pale side they've come to be in the past decade, losing 2-0 to Australia. The unfavourable result prompted selectors to give captaincy to a young Jason Holder, dethroning Denesh Ramdin from the post. It will be a test of character for the 23-year-old Holder.

Apart from the international games, West Indies will play a total of three warm up games against yet-to-be-announced Sri Lankan domestic sides to prepare for the conditions. The first such game, scheduled for October 4, is a two-day fixture. The next match will be a three-day fixture starting on October 8.

The first Test will commence at Galle stadium on October 14. The teams will then proceed to P Sara Oval for the second Test, which starts on October 22. West Indies will then play a 50-over warm up game on October 29 before the commencing of the ODIs. The three ODIs will be played between November 1 - November 7, the first two of which will be played at R Premadasa and the third at Pallekele. The first T20I will also be at Pallekele, after which the series-closing second T20I will be played at R Premadasa on November 12.